Social Victorians/People/Holford

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Also Known As[edit | edit source]

  • Family name: Holford
  • Sir George Lindsay Holford
  • Captain Holford

Acquaintances, Friends and Enemies[edit | edit source]

Organizations[edit | edit source]

  • Eton (1873–1877)[1]
  • 1st Life Guards (1880–c. 1910)[1]
  • Household of Prince Albert, Duke of Clarence, post of Equerry (1888–1892)[1]
  • Household of Prince Edward, post of Equerry (1892–)[1]
  • Household of Queen Alexandra when Edward VII died, post of Equerry[1]
  • Household of King George, post of Extra-Equerry[1]

Timeline[edit | edit source]

1876 June 17, Margaret Holford and Albert Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley married.[2]

1877 June 9, Alice Holford and Albert Henry George Grey, 4th Earl Grey married.[3]

1887 July 7, Evelyn Holford and Robin (Robert Henry) Benson married.[4]

1892, Robert Stayner Holford, George Holford's father, died, leaving his estate to George.[1]

1897 July 2, Captain Holford, attended the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball at Devonshire House. (Captain George Holford is #385 on the list of people who attended.)

1899, Holford joined the 1st Life Guards in South Africa, for the Boer War.[1]

1900 June 3, Sunday, Whit Sunday, Holford was present at a Whitsun house party at Sandringham House.[5]:197

1912, George Holford and Susanna West Wilson Menzies married in the Chapel Royal, St. James.[6]

Old colored drawing of a thin, elegant, elderly man in a 19th-century tuxedo with white tie and waistcoat, an honor hanging from a short chain around his neck, a few medals on the lapel of his coat, his hands behind his back, facing full front
"An Equerry" (George Holford), Vanity Fair, 16 November 1899

Costume at the Duchess of Devonshire's 2 July 1897 Fancy-dress Ball[edit | edit source]

At the Duchess of Devonshire's fancy-dress ball, Captain George Holford was dressed as Philip IV. of Spain.[7]:5, Col. 7c

  • "Captain Holford was a good Velasquez as Philip IV. of Spain."[8]:42, Col. 2b
  • "(Philip IV. King of Spain, after the picture by Velasquez), in a jerkin, buff and edged with brown cord; leather gauntlet gloves; jerkin laced up the front with blue-black ribbons and tabs. Trunks puffed small in alternate light and dark puffs, Vandyke brown in colour; sash, large and heavy, worn over right shoulder, and spread out over right shoulder with heavy gold embroidered fringe; white Velasquez collar."[9]:41, Col. 2b–3a

No photograph of Holford in costume exists.

A caricature portrait (right) captioned "An Equerry" (Capt. George Holford) by Leslie Ward ("Spy") appeared in the 16 November 1899 issue of Vanity Fair, as Number 765 in its "Men of the Day" series,[10] giving a sense of what Holford looked like in the late 1890s.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British[1]

Residences[edit | edit source]

  • Westonbirt House and Arboretum (1892–1927)[1]
  • Dorchester House, London (1892–)

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892)[2]
  • Mary Anne Lindsay (c. 1800 – 1 December 1885)[11]
    1. Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)
    2. Margaret Holford ( – 9 February 1908)
    3. Alice Holford ( – 22 September 1944)
    4. Evelyn Holford (1856–1943)


  • "Tottie" Susannah West Wilson (15 May 1864 – 18 December 1943)[6]
  • "Jack" John Graham Menzies (1860–1911)[12]
  1. Colonel Keith Graham Menzies (1888 – 7 December 1952)
  2. Maj.-Gen. Sir Stewart Graham Menzies (1890 – 29 May 1968)
  3. Major Ian Graham Menzies (1896–1979)
  • Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)[1]

Relations[edit | edit source]

  • "Tottie" (Susannah West) Wilson Menzies was a member of the Arthur Stanley Wilson family.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

  • Nationality: British[1]

Residences[edit | edit source]

  • Westonbirt House and Arboretum (1892–1927)[1]
  • Dorchester House, London (1892–)

Family[edit | edit source]

  • Robert Stayner Holford (1808–1892)[2]
  • Mary Anne Lindsay (c. 1800 – 1 December 1885)[11]
    1. Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)
    2. Margaret Holford ( – 9 February 1908)
    3. Alice Holford ( – 22 September 1944)
    4. Evelyn Holford (1856–1943)
  • "Tottie" Susannah West Wilson (15 May 1864 – 18 December 1943)[6]
  • "Jack" John Graham Menzies (1860–1911)[12]
  1. Colonel Keith Graham Menzies (1888 – 7 December 1952)
  2. Maj.-Gen. Sir Stewart Graham Menzies (1890 – 29 May 1968)
  3. Major Ian Graham Menzies (1896–1979)
  • Sir George Lindsay Holford (2 June 1860 – 11 September 1926)[1]

Relations[edit | edit source]

  • "Tottie" (Susannah West) Wilson Menzies was a member of the Arthur Stanley Wilson family.

Notes and Questions[edit | edit source]

Footnotes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "George Holford". Wikipedia. 2021-06-04. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Holford&oldid=1026845941.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Holford.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Robert Stayner Holford". Wikipedia. 2021-05-21. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Stayner_Holford&oldid=1024318840.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stayner_Holford.
  3. ↑ "Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey". Wikipedia. 2021-04-24. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_Grey,_4th_Earl_Grey&oldid=1019693359.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Grey,_4th_Earl_Grey.
  4. ↑ "Robin Benson". Wikipedia. 2021-06-04. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robin_Benson&oldid=1026830631.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Benson.
  5. ↑ Leslie, Anita. The Marlborough House Set. Doubleday, 1973.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Susannah West Wilson." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04. https://thepeerage.com/p68351.htm#i683507.
  7. ↑ "Duchess of Devonshire's Fancy Ball. A Brilliant Spectacle. Some of the Dresses." London Daily News Saturday 3 July 1897: 5 [of 10], Col. 6a–6, Col. 1b. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/18970703/024/0005 and https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000051/18970703/024/0006.
  8. ↑ “Girls’ Gossip.” Truth 8 July 1897, Thursday: 41 [of 70], Col. 1b – 42, Col. 2c. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002961/18970708/089/0041.
  9. ↑ “The Duchess of Devonshire’s Ball.” The Gentlewoman 10 July 1897 Saturday: 32–42 [of 76], Cols. 1a–3c [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003340/18970710/155/0032.
  10. ↑ "List of Vanity Fair (British magazine) caricatures (1895–1899)". Wikipedia. 2024-01-14. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Vanity_Fair_(British_magazine)_caricatures_(1895%E2%80%931899)&oldid=1195518024.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vanity_Fair_(British_magazine)_caricatures_(1895%E2%80%931899).
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Hon. Hugh Lindsay." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04. https://thepeerage.com/p2057.htm#i20564.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "John Graham Menzies." "Person Page". thepeerage.com. Retrieved 2021-06-04. https://thepeerage.com/p2955.htm#i29544.
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